The Vice President of Venezuela, Aristibulo Almeida has called for the support of Nigeria and the international community to prevail on the US to end attack and sanctions on his country. Almeida said this on Thursday in Abuja at the “Venezuela Solidarity Campaign on US Hands off Venezuela”. The Vice President described the coercive measures and systematic and conscious strategy of the US against Venezuela as a massive violation of human rights of the Venezuelan people. He called on African leaders to not let Venezuela down or leave her to battle the US alone. “Venezuela deserves the support, Venezuela has done a lot for Africa and Africa has to support Venezuela at this time to fight against sanction imposed on Venezuela.”DOWNLOAD THE PUNCH NEWS APP NOW ON

Source: Punch June 13, 2019 21:00 UTC